Martin Lewis has urged Britons to ‘stock up and bulk-buy’ stamps before another Royal Mail price hike comes into play next month. From April 7, first-class stamp prices for standard letters will rise from £1.65 to £1.70 – a three per cent increase – while first-class stamps for large letters …
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Like many across the country, Nicky’s salon is struggling to survive Hairdresser Nicky Oliver at his salon in the Northern Quarter(Image: Jason Roberts / Manchester Evening News) Nicky Oliver started his career as a hairdresser at the age of 14. A ‘founding member’ of the Northern Quarter, his salon on …
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Tributes have been paid to a much-loved beauty queen who died just days after being crowned Miss Royal Somerset 2025 and was preparing to compete in the finals of Miss Royal UK. Chloe Roberts, 21, proudly announced that she was dedicating her year as Miss Somerset to raising awareness of …
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By Milo Pope Published: 20:53 EDT, 2 October 2024 | Updated: 21:18 EDT, 2 October 2024 A special set of stamps have been issued to mark the 60th anniversary of British rock band The Who. The Royal Mail revealed details of 12 stamps which feature images of some of the rock …
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Manchester voters in two elections taking place this Thursday, 2 May, are being reminded of polling arrangements. Along with electors in the other nine boroughs of Greater Manchester, voters will be selecting the Mayor of Greater Manchester in mayoral elections. They will also be casting their votes across …
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Hundreds of copies of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (PWRFC) statement “Oppose Royal Mail’s Assault on the USO! Defeat CWU’s Collusion!” have been distributed at Royal Mail delivery offices in Bradford, Keighley, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leicester, Glasgow and Manchester. The appeal to attend the PWRFC’s Zoom meeting this Sunday, April 28, …
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“Keep up the fight” was the response of a postal worker at the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant sorting office in London to the campaign for the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee’s (PWRFC) next online Zoom meeting on Sunday, September 24 at 7pm. Over the past week hundreds of copies of the …
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T he widower of a Post Office worker jailed after being convicted of theft has lost a Court of Appeal fight. Ian O’Donnell wanted to posthumously clear the name of his wife Joanne, who died seven years ago aged 64. Three appeal judges recently considered the case of Mrs O’Donnell, …
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I came home to find a mystery parcel on my BED – and then a note from the postman explained it all By Ellen Coughlan For Mailonline Published: 07:05 EST, 7 March 2023 | Updated: 10:45 EST, 7 March 2023 A woman who came home to find a random parcel …
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